Purdue Boilermakers head coach Matt Painter during the first round of the Big Ten tournament against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at the United Center, March 14, 2013.

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Athlon Sports has assembled its list of Division I college basketball's Top 50 coaches, and Purdue's Matt Painter comes in at No. 28, sixth overall in the Big Ten.

Michigan State's Tom Izzo is Athlon's choice for top college coach in an impressive Top 5 that has Rick Pitino (Louisville) at No. 2, Mike Krzyzewski (Duke) at No. 3, John Calipari (Kentucky) fourth and Bill Self (Kansas) fifth.